Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

A Guide to Virginia Architectural Drawings, Accession 5946-g, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

The drawings were given to the Library by James A. Cox through K. Edward Lay, both of the School of Architecture, Campbell Hall, the University of Virginia, on August 3, 1990.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

This collection consists of measured architectural drawings, 1970-1971, and undated, 149 items, of seventeen historic Virginia buildings. These drawings were produced for the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) by architectural students of the University of Virginia under the direction of Professor James A. Cox of the School of Architecture . The buildings represented are from Northampton County , Essex County , Rockbridge County , Accomack County , Augusta County , Lexington , Strasburg , and Richmond .